🎬 Comedy

The Chiltern Hundreds

⭐ 6.0/10 1949 1h 24m Dir. John Paddy Carstairs

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Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...

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6.0/10 5 votes

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Year
1949
Runtime
1h 24m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.0/10
Votes
5
Genre
Comedy
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎬 John Paddy Carstairs 👤 David Tomlinson 👤 Lana Morris 👤 Cecil Parker
political party butler socialism middle class based on play or musical parliament conservatism landed gentry

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The Chiltern Hundreds has a runtime of 1h 24m (1 hour and 24 minutes).
The Chiltern Hundreds was directed by John Paddy Carstairs and released in 1949.
The Chiltern Hundreds is a Comedy film (1949).
The cast of The Chiltern Hundreds includes David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Cecil Parker, Marjorie Fielding, Tom Macaulay.
The Chiltern Hundreds has a TMDB rating of 6.0/10 based on 5 votes.

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